Stat update: Ikes

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA

Banks 67 10 12 10 2 1 5 0 3 .179

Berra 36 3 9 4 2 0 1 0 3 .250

Campanella 29 3 7 5 2 0 1 0 1 .241

Doerr 34 2 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .206

Kaline 24 3 5 3 2 0 0 1 5 .208

Mathews 54 8 13 9 1 2 3 0 9 .241

Mays 68 6 12 5 5 1 0 1 7 .176

Musial 65 7 21 12 3 5 2 0 7 .323

Schoendienst 26 3 6 5 1 1 1 0 1 .231

Slaughter 14 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500

Snider 45 7 9 7 0 1 4 0 1 .200

T Williams 57 9 19 4 5 0 2 0 10 .333

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA

Bunning 8 3 0 0 3 7 3 0 0 0.00

Ford 32.6 27 12 12 13 15 3 1 0 3.31

Lemon 7 10 8 8 1 1 0 1 0 10.29

Newhouser 4.3 6 4 3 4 2 0 0 0 6.24

Roberts 32 32 22 16 12 11 0 2 0 4.50

Spahn 34 34 12 12 11 10 2 1 0 3.18

Wilhelm 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0.00

Wynn 24 21 18 12 8 11 0 3 0 4.50

Stat update: X-Giants

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA
Baro 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Bell 74 10 21 9 4 0 1 0 2 .284
DeMoss 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .053
Dihigo* 42 8 10 5 0 0 1 0 1 .238
Dixon 62 16 24 13 5 4 1 0 10 .387
Donaldson* 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hill 60 7 12 7 0 0 1 1 6 .200
Lloyd 69 10 18 2 5 1 0 0 4 .261
Mackey 44 1 8 5 1 0 0 0 1 .182
Monroe 68 8 16 12 1 0 2 0 1 .235
Petway 15 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .133
Radcliffe* 9 3 4 6 1 0 1 0 0 .444
B Taylor 64 7 18 9 3 0 0 0 3 .281
CJ Taylor 9 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 .333

*excludes plate appearance while in game as pitcher

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA
Dihigo 25.6 22 13 13 7 12 1 3 0 4.56
Donaldson 31.3 30 13 9 9 15 1 2 0 2.59
R Foster 23 33 19 19 12 14 1 1 0 7.43
Jones 24 17 6 6 6 23 2 1 0 2.25
McDonald 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Mendez 23.6 21 8 7 4 12 2 0 0 2.66
Radcliffe 13 17 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 3.46
Smith 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.00
T Williams 4 3 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 2.25

Stat update: Franklins

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA
Cronin 25 3 4 3 2 0 1 0 3 .160
Dickey 45 5 13 7 4 0 1 0 4 .289
DiMaggio 70 14 18 6 5 1 2 0 9 .257
Frisch 30 4 6 3 0 0 1 1 2 .200
Gehrig 66 13 21 10 5 1 4 0 7 .318
Hartnett 17 3 5 4 3 0 1 0 3 .294
Hornsby 67 12 22 16 5 3 0 0 5 .328
Ott 66 11 18 8 2 0 3 1 5 .273
Ruth 59 20 17 17 3 0 10 0 17 .288
Traynor 36 2 6 0 0 2 0 0 2 .167
Vaughn 34 4 5 5 2 0 1 0 6 .147
Waner 15 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 .267

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA
Covaleski 8 7 2 2 4 1 1 0 0 2.25
Dean 6.6 2 0 0 3 5 1 0 2 0.00
Feller 26 25 17 14 17 21 1 0 0 4.85

Grove 36.3 32 22 22 16 26 2 3 0 5.45

Hoyt 10.3 9 6 6 6 3 1 0 0 5.23

Hubbell 34.3 29 12 12 7 29 3 0 0 3.15

Pennock 5.6 14 14 14 11 0 0 2 0 22.22

Vance 24 36 19 19 12 23 1 2 0 7.13

Stat update: Garfields

Batting

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB BB BA

Anson 28 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 .143

Burkett 31 8 15 5 2 1 0 2 5 .484

JCollins 41 6 11 2 0 0 1 0 2 .268

Connor 37 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 3 .135

Davis 40 4 7 2 3 0 1 1 1 .175

Delahanty 63 8 21 6 4 2 0 0 5 .333

Duffy 38 6 11 0 3 0 0 0 2 .289

Ewing 45 1 8 3 0 0 0 1 2 .177

Jennings 45 5 8 4 1 0 1 0 6 .177

Kelly 42 2 11 6 5 0 1 0 3 .262

Thompson 57 6 18 7 2 0 0 0 4 .316

Ward 57 6 19 7 0 0 0 1 2 .333

Pitching

Name IP H R ER BB SO W L S ERA

Clarkson 5 6 3 3 2 1 0 2 0 5.40

Galvin 33 26 11 11 12 11 1 2 0 3.00

Keefe 31 40 19 19 6 17 1 3 0 5.52

Radbourne 5 5 2 2 3 2 0 0 1 3.60

Rusie 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00

Spalding 3.6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00

Welch 31 32 15 15 13 16 1 1 0 4.35

Young 32 36 15 15 5 10 1 3 0 4.22

End of Series 7

The standings:

Division A

Obamas 10 6 .625 --

Franklins 10 7 .588 .5

Kennedys 10 7 .588 .5

Ikes 8 8 .500 2

Teddys 8 8 .500 2

Division B

Homestead 10 7 .588 --

Crawfords 9 7 .563 .5

X-Giants 8 9 .471 2

Hilldale 5 11 .313 4.5

Garfields 4 12 .250 5.5

Player of Series 7: Mel Ott, Franklins

Pitcher of Series 7: Lefty Grove, Franklins

Series 8 schedule

Homestead at Kennedys (2)

Garfields at Crawfords (3)

Hilldale at X-Giants (3)

Teddys at Obamas (3)

Ikes at Franklins (3)

Series 7: Franklins sweep Crawfords

Franklins 10-7, Crawfords 9-7

Pitcher use update: Grove, Brewer need three games; Vance, Rogan need two. Mathis worked one inning in finale.

Game 1: Franklins 5, Crawfords 4
WP: Hoyt (1-0)
LP: Rogan (1-2)
HR: Ott 2 (3), Wright (5)

Game 2: Franklins 5, Crawfords 2
WP: Grove (2-3)
LP: Brewer (1-2)
HR: Ott (4)

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Mel Ott emerged from his season-long power drought to bop three homers in the two-game series, and he hit them when they mattered most.

In the third inning of the series opener, the Franklins right fielder/leadoff man hit a solo shot to tie the game at 2. He hit another in bottom of the ninth with a man on to turn a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 win. And in the nightcap, Ott's two-run homer in the fourth opened a 5-2 lead and finished the scoring.

Waite Hoyt got the W in the first game with two innings of perfect relief. Bullet Joe Rogan went the distance for the Crawfords, whose bullpen (which has included Rogan) has blown several leads already this season. This time the bullpen stayed out of it, and the starter coughed up the lead.

Paul Waner pinch hit for Franklins starter Dazzy Vance in the seventh, singled and scored. He remained in the game in a double switch with Babe Ruth, and set up Ott's game winner with another single.

Lefty Grove shone bright in the finale, allowing just three singles (all in the third inning). He walked two and struck out five. He also had a hit, a walk and two sacrifice bunts at the plate.

I'm not giving up

Just distracted. There's real baseball going on now, and real life (of course). And summer.

This is no time to hole up in the basement rolling dice to play imaginary games.

I'll pick this up again at some point.